Since I was a kid, I’ve had this dream that one day I would be able to open my stomach and remove all the insides like a game of Operation gone wrong. It appears that at London’s Wellcome Collection this dream has become a reality. Well, at least it’s real...
In Rotterdam, the Kunsthal Museum does not have a permanent collection, but instead organizes various temporary exhibits. Recently, ‘Pet’s Markplaats’ opened in which artist Pet van de Luijtgaarden shows his passion for collecting. With an addiction to one of Netherlands most popular websites, he buys up collections of caps, porcelain,...
For three years photographer Simone Rosenbauer traveled throughout rural Australia and documented 41 quirky and tiny museums and their caretakers for a series called Small Museum. The House of Bottles was built by Joseph Eykenbaum in 1969 after he spent two years collecting 13,569 bottles to use in the construction...
Opened just last year, the New York Tattoo Museum is located in Staten Island’s Old Town neighborhood. On the upper floor of tattoo artist Dozer’s Island Tattoo parlor, tattoo fans can find three exhibits and two glass cases full of historic artifacts from the tattoo trade. It starts with the...
Even though I lived in Great Britain for over a year, I didn’t make it down to see the country’s number one tourist attraction, Stonehenge. Fortunately (or unfortunately) America has its own version in Virginia. Foamhenge was made entirely of, yes you guessed right, foam. It was created by artist...
Time for another creepy museum, maybe not in the classic sense, but it’s still a bit weird for an art museum. What am I talking about? That would be the Vigeland Museum at Slemdal, one of Oslo’s best kept secrets. The museum is basically a mausoleum to artist Gustav Vigeland...
As one gets older, only specific memories stick out in the brain. Or maybe it’s more like a conglomeration of random events pieced together to create a distorted reality. I don’t know where I’m going with this, but I’ve blocked most of my time in high school. I mean, come...
When Oscar Niemeyer (who designed his own museum, see top photo) died at the age of 104 a few years ago he joined a long list of architects who never seem to die. I.M. Pei is still going at it at the age of 98. And let’s not forget 93-year-old...
In my humble opinion, there are not enough sign collections in the world. Yeah, there are the random pieces found in antique stores as well as at the lovely American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. But we need more places like the Sign Post Forest in Canada. Located in Watson Lake...
If you’ve seen one antique mall, then you’ve seen them all. So it’s not life-shattering that B&B Antiques in North Myrtle Beach is closing its doors FOREVA…but what will happen to its impressive display of statues? Yes, the store’s known for having lots and lots of life-size, colorful statues in...
